A Catholic priest who admitted discussing bombing mosques and shooting Black people in the head in neo-Nazi online chatrooms has been sentenced to a 12-month community order.
Father Mark Rowles, 57, used the name “skinheadlad1488” in a chatroom called Aryan Reich Killers where grotesquely offensive messages about Muslims were written.
On Thursday, Rowles, of St John Lloyd Catholic Church in Cardiff, admitted three counts of sending menacing or offensive messages using the Telegram app in May and June 2024. He will complete 150 hours of community service, pay £199 in costs, and be subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order for three years. The Catholic Church in Wales will conduct its own review.
The court was told he described himself in an online profile as a 16-year-old skinhead neo-Nazi and a loner. His profile picture showed a young white man with a face covering, alongside a German flag and the words “right hand path always.”
The court was told he described himself in an online profile as a 16-year-old
and in a stunning move for the catholic church, it wasn’t to diddle kids
Why not both
Wow… Just… wow.
If you asked me about that dudes username, I would’ve 100% said it’s an undercover government agent… lmao
Come on Catholic people, you already have mysoginy, antisemitism and pedophilia, leave some for the rest of us!
That username is so on the nose if this was an onion piece I’d call it lazy writing
I don’t understand people who say they believe in a Creator-of-all deciding any creature is “less than.” I’m not talking about self-defense or survival instinct, to be clear.
For example, I may exterminate a mosquito, but I have no inherent hatred for it. I may enjoy an apple, but even if I pick it myself, I understand I’m eating the flesh of the offspring of the tree that “birthed” the apple, and understand the tree and fruit have endured storms, perhaps extreme heat and cold, to bear the flesh that satiates my hunger.
Its especially weird since Christianity doesn’t really have a racial superiority in its basic scriptures. So outside of times where it’s hijacked by Nazis this priest doesn’t seem to have consumed a lot of Bible. Though that’s usually the case with people who purport violence while hiding behind a religion.
Typical far right MAGA fascist behaviour. These people should be locked up, they’re a danger to our society!
